Combination pencil-tip



(No Model.)

G. E. EGGERT. GGMBINATION PENCIL TIP.

Patented Oct. 27, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE EDGAR EGGERT, OF SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINATION PENCIL-TIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 570,248, dated October 2'7, 1896. Application iiled July 17, 1896. Serial No. 599,460. (No model.)

To all whom t may con/cern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE En GAR EGGERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Scranton, in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Pencil-Tips, of which the following is a speciiication. l

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in combination-tips for leadpencils and the like, and has for its object to provide a device of this description which will serve the purpose of protecting the sharpened point of a pencil and carry an eraser, and also to provide an ink-eraser, a papercutter, a nail-cleaner, and a letter-opener.

With these ends in view my invention consists in the details of construction and coinbination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, I will describe its construction and operation in detail, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l represents a pencil having my iinprovement applied thereto. Fig. 2 illustrates the application of my improvement to a pencil for protecting the sharpened point thereof, and Fig. 3 is a detailed perspective of the device.

In carrying out my invention I provide a cylinder A of thin sheet metal, preferably steel, which is of such interior diameter as to readily fit over the end of the pencil, and in one end of this cylinder I secure a rubber eraser B. The opposite end of the cylinder is so out as to produce three prongs O, D, and E, the former of which is somewhat longer than either of the other prongs and has both of its edges sharpened, as well as the end thereof, in such manner as to serve as an ink-eraser and also as a paper-cutter or for the purpose of severing the leaves of a new book or pamphlet. The prongD is next in length and is so shaped as to act as a finger-nail cleaner and may also have one of its edges sharpened for cutting the nails, if desired. The shortest prong E is for the purpose of opening letters and may be of a shape best adapted for this purpose.

From this it will be seen that the sharpened end of a pencil may be protected by passing the pronged end of the cylinder over this end of the pencil, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, or that by placing the pronged end of the cylinder over the opposite end of the pencil the eraser B may be used in the usual manner.

In practice I prefer to make the cylinder of such length as to serve as a handle for the use of the several prongs formed thereon., so that when these prongs, are to be used the device is removed from the pencil and each prong used in the saine manner for the purpose it was intended, as a single tool intended for that purpose. It is obvious that the cylinder may be made of seamless tubing or that it may be formed from a sheet of metal bent into shape, and this latter method of construction is preferred from the fact that it enables the stamping of the several points from sheet metal While flat, thereby greatly facilitating the manufacture of the device.

Should a very iine edge be desired upon either or all of the prongs the device will be best made of carbonized steel, in order that it may be tempered after being formed and bent.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is- A pencil-tip consisting of a cylinder, a rubber eraser carried in one end, the opposite end of said cylinder being cut to produce prongs O, D and E of varying lengths, the iirst prong having curved edges with a rounded nose, the second having a long V- shaped point the third having a straight and a curved edge, one of which is sharpened, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscri bing witnesses.

GEORGE EDGAR EGGERT.

Witnesses:

S. S. WILLIAMSON, WM. P. WILLIAMS. 

